Accidental Meeting With the Champion, or A Chance Meeting with the Champion in the official K Manga English translation is Round 111 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
Details[]
- Characters Introduced: Eiji Date
- Real Life People Mentioned: Roberto Durán
- Title Page Character(s): Ichirō Miyata
Summary[]
After the vomiting incident, Takamura names the new member (Naomichi Yamada): "Geromichi". Aoki finds Yamada's wallet, and the latter frantically tries to stop him from opening it. Takamura holds Yamada while Aoki opens the wallet showing a picture Ippo, revealing Yamada to be his fan. They leave Ippo to look over Yamada, so he tries teach him the basics and demonstrates him some moves but coach Kamogawa reminds him of his injury. The day of Takamura, Kimura, and Aoki's fight, Ippo and Yamada go to the locker rooms and wish Aoki good luck before the fight. When they leave, Ippo shares his experiences as a pro, but they are interrupted by Fujii, who wants to introduce Ippo to the Japanese champion of the featherweight class; Eiji Date.
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